Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The ASO examinations comprise a section of “General Awareness” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of the current affairs on every week.
Q1. World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) is celebrated every year on –
(A) 21st April
(2\B) 20th April
(3) C9th April
(D)8th April
Q2. In India, the ‘Civil Services Day’ is celebrated every year on –
(A) 20th April
(B) 21st April
(C) 18th April
(D) 19th April
Q3 India’s 1st Pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned in –
(A) Mizoram
(B) Manipur
(C) Assam
(D) Nagaland
Q4. Who has surpassed Virat Kohli to become fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs?
(A) KL Rahul
(B) Rohit Sharma
(C) Shikhar Dhawan
(D) MS Dhoni
Q5. All 100 smart cities will get integrated command and control centres by which date?
(A) July 31st
(B) August 15th
(C) December 31st
(D) May 30th
Q6 .Indian-American Shanti Sethi has been appointed as which World leader’s defence advisor?
(A) Joe Biden
(B) Boris Johnson
(C) Kamala Harris
(D) Justin Trudeau
Q7. Name of the Sixth & Final Scorpene-class Submarine has been inaugurated at Mazagon Dock Limited?
(A) INS Khanderi
(B) INS Vela
(C) INS Vagir
(D) INS Vagsheer
Q8. Which nation has provided Ukraine with fighter planes?
(A) US
(B) UK
(C) Poland
(D) Germany
Q9. Which city is hosting Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit?
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Surat
(C) Gandhinagar
(D) Jamnagar
Q10. Which nation has signed a security pact with Solomon Islands?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) Australia
(D) US
Q11. Which state/UT has launched an app ‘Jan Nigrani’, for complaints related to various schemes online?
(A) Ladakh
(B) Manipur
(C) Daman & Diu
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q12. With which country, India has signed an MoU to establish a Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing?
(A) Sweden
(B) Finland
(C) Norway
(D) Denmark
Q13. As per Hurun List 2022, Who has became the Richest Billionaire in the healthcare sector 2022?
(A) Cyrus S Poonawalla
(B) Dilip Shanghvi
(C) Adar Poonawalla
(D) Krishna Ella
Q14. Who has been appointed as Wipro’s country head of India?
(A) Manoj Soni
(B) Satya Easwaran
(C) Iqbal Singh Lalpura
(D) Amar Mitra
Q15. Who has been appointed as new MD and CEO of Digit Insurance?
(A) Mahesh Verma
(B) Anthony Heredia
(C) Arunabha Ghosh
(D) Jasleen Kohli
Q16. Who has won the ‘North India Bodybuilding Championship’?
(A) Gurmeet Singh
(B) Mandeep Singh
(C) Vikas Kumar
(D) None of these
Q17. Which state government has launched its SpaceTech Framework on Metaverse?
(A) Odisha
(B) Punjab
(C) Telangana
(D) Karnataka
Q18. Where has Ethosh Digital set up its first ‘IT Training and Service Centre’?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Leh
(C) New Delhi
(D) J&K
Q19. Which IT company has appointed ‘Satya Easwaran’ as the new country head of India?
(A) TCS
(B) HCL
(C) Wipro
(D) Infosys
Q20. In which city NSA ‘Ajit Doval’ has inaugurated the 10-day National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Dehradun
(D) Kolkata
Q21.Which has become the first NBFC to enter the Factoring Business in India?
(A) 121 Finance
(B) HDB Financial
(C) Ergo Solutions
(D) AMex Capital
Q22. What is the amount of tax imposed on cryptocurrency, as per budget 2022?
(A) 12.5%
(B) 13%
(C) 13.5%
(D) 30%
Q23. Which Bank raises ₹500 Million via IFSC Gift City Branch?
(A) SBI
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) ADB
(D) RBI
Q24. Which state Government denies Central Government’s charge on daily covid data?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Assam
(D) Bihar
Q25. Who has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Delhi?
(A) Rajnath Singh
(B) Arvind Kejriwal
(C) Naresh Kumar
(D) Nitin Gadkari
Q26. Earth Day or International Mother Earth Day is observed every year on –
(A) 22nd April
(B) 21st April
(C) 20th April
(D) 23rd April
Q27. Guru Tegh Bahadur Jayanti 2022 or Prakash Parv 2022 is being celebrated on –
(A) April 20th
(B) April 21st
(C) April 22nd
(D) April 23rd
Q28. Which state has become the first state in the country to get an L-Route server?
(A) Odisha
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Punjab
Q29. Which Indian cricketer has been named among Wisden’s 5 ‘Cricketers of the Year’ 2022?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Rohit Sharma
(C) Rishabh Pant
(D) KL Rahul
Q30. Who has been re-appointed as Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)?
(A) Patrick Achi
(B) Gilbert Houngbo
(C) Emma Terho
(D) Jens Stoltenberg
Q31. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Procter & Gamble India?
(A) Jasleen Kohli
(B) Satya Easwaran
(C) Bimal Kothari
(D) LV Vaidyanathan
Q32. Who has been appointed as the next Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO)?
(A) Manoj Kumar Katiyar
(B) Mahesh Verma
(C) Manoj Pande
(D) Vishwas Patel
Q33.‘Fincluvation’ is a financial inclusion initiative launched by which bank?
(A) India Post Payments Bank
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) IDBI Bank
Q34. World’s most powerful nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile “Sarmat” launched by –
(A) US
(B) North Korea
(C) Russia
(D) Japan
Q35. Biliti Electric Inc will establish the World’s largest electric 3-wheeler manufacturing facility in –
(A) Karnataka
(B) Odisha
(C) Telangana
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q36. Where has the education song ‘Irada Kar Liya Hai Humne’ been released?
(A) Haryana
(B) Punjab
(C) Delhi
(D) Punjab
Q37. What new name has been given to the orange of Chhindwara?
(A) Satpuda
(B) Kamalam
(C) Narvaan
(D) Seville
Q38. What is the food-grain production target announced for crop year 2022-23?
(A) 278 million tonnes
(B) 328 million tonnes
(C) 378 million tonnes
(D) 428 million tonnes
Q39. ‘National Apprenticeship Mela’ has been organised under which mission?
(A) PM Rozgar Yojana
(2) Skill India
(C) Make in India
(D) Start up India
Q40. Kieron Pollard announced retirement from international cricket. He was from –
(A) New Zealand
(B) West Indies
(C) Australia
(D) Sri Lanka
Q41. “National Panchayati Raj Day” is celebrated every year on –
(A) 22nd April
(B) 23rd April
(C) 24th April
(D) 25th April
Q42. “World Malaria Day (WMD)” is observed each year on –
(A) 25th April
(B) 24th April
(C) 23rd April
(D) 22nd April
Q43. “International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace” observed globally on –
(A) 22nd April
(B) 23rd April
(C) 24th April
(D) 25th April
Q44. “World Day For Animals In Laboratories (WDAIL)” is observed every year on –
(A) 25th April
(B) 26th April
(C) 23rd April
(D) 24th April
Q45. “International Delegate’s Day” observed every year on –
(A) 24th April
(B) 25th April
(C) 21st April
(D) 27th April
Q46. Which City was named World Book Capital for the year 2022 by UNESCO?
(A) Bangkok
(B) New Delhi
(C) Athens
(D) Guadalajara
Q47. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?
(A) Amitabh Kant
(B) Nilkanth Vyas
(C) Suman Bery
(D) Rajiv Kumar
Q48. Name of the recipient of Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 by UNEP?
(A) Gladys Kalema
(B) David Attenborough
(C) Mia Mottley
(D) Maria Kolesnikova
Q49. Which has received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2022?
(A) Hungary
(B) Slovakia
(C) Poland
(D) Ukraine
Q50. Which state has launched Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) Campaign?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Goa
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q51. Which organization has released a draft battery swapping policy?
(A) NASSCOM
(B) Invest India
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) SIDBI
Q52. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU with which country’s Public Broadcaster ‘RTA’?
(A) Brazil
(B) Belgium
(C) Mexico
(D) Argentina
Q53. Who has been appointed as the next CEO of Aditya Birla Capital?
(A) Shanti Sethi
(B) Ajay Kumar Sood
(C) Vishakha Mulye
(D) Jasleen Kohli
Q54. Who has been elected as the chairperson of the Haj Committee of India?
(A) Shaikh Jina Nabi
(B) AP Abdullahkutty
(C) Mafuja Khatun
(D) Munnawari Begum
Q55. Who is the author of the coffee table book titled “The Magic of Mangalajodi”?
(A) Prem Rawat
(B) Avinash Khemka
(C) Rajesh Talwar
(D) Harish Mehta
Q56. Where has the three-day ‘Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization’ conference started?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Surat
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kolkata
Q57. Bishnupur district of which state has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence?
(A) Kerala
(B) Odisha
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya
Q58. India’s first report on State of India’s Children has been launched by –
(A) NABARD
(B) NASSCOM
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) ISRO
Q59. Who has sworn in as the new State Election Commissioner for Delhi?
(A) Dinesh Dwivedi
(B) Shivdeep Singh
(C) Dhan Singh
(D) Vijay Kumar Dev
Q60.NATO has conducted cyber defense exercises called “Locked Shields” in –
(A) Estonia
(B) Finland
(C) Sweden
D) Belarus
Answer
S1. Ans.(A) 21st April
Sol. The World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) is celebrated on April 21 every year.
Theme in 2022: Collaboration
The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of creativity and innovation in problem solving and encourage creative multidisciplinary thinking at the individual and group levels.
The United Nations recognised the day in April 2017.
S2. Ans. (B) 21st April
Sol. In India, the ‘Civil Services Day’ is celebrated on April 21 every year as a thanks giving day to all the Civil Servants for their service to the society and also for Civil Servants to ‘rededicate themselves to the cause of citizen and renew their commitments to public service’.
The day April 21 has been chosen to commemorate the day when the first Home Minister of Independent India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers in 1947 at Metcalf House, Delhi.
S3. Ans. (C) Assam
Sol. India’s first 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant has been commissioned by the Oil India Limited (OIL) at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam on April 20, 2022.
The plant has an installed capacity of 10 kg per day.
The plant produces Green Hydrogen from the electricity generated by 500kW Solar plant using a 100 kW Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyser array.
S4. Ans. (A) KL Rahul
Sol. Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has surpassed Virat Kohli and became the fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs in terms of innings on April 19, 2022.
He reached the milestone in 179 innings at a strike rate of 138.18, breaking Kohli’s record of 184 innings.
The LSG skipper is now only behind West Indies batter Chris Gayle (162 innings) and Pakistan captain Babar Azam (165) in the all-time list.
Rahul is also one of the two batters of IPL 2022, who have managed to score a century, apart from Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler.
S5. Ans. (B) August 15th
Sol. Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has announced on April 18 that all 100 smart cities will have integrated command and control centres (ICCCs).
While 80 of these smart cities already have these centres, the remaining 20 will have operational centres by August 15, 2022.
The Minister said this while speaking at the 3-day ‘Smart Cities, Smart Urbanisation’ conference that began in Surat on April 18th.
The operational Integrated Command and Control Centres in 80 smart cities had functioned as war rooms for covid-19 management during the pandemic.
S6. Ans. (C) Kamala Harris
Sol. Indian-American US Navy veteran Shanti Sethi has been appointed as executive secretary and defence advisor of US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sethi is the first Indian-American commander of a major US Navy combat ship.
Shanti Sethi commanded the guided-missile destroyer, USS Decatur, from December 2010 to May 2012. She was also the first female commander of a US naval vessel to visit India.
Kamala Harris is the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the Vice President of the United States.
S7. Ans. (4) INS Vagsheer
Sol. The Indian Navy launched the sixth and last submarine, Yard 11880, of the French Scorpene-class under Project 75, on April 20, 2022 at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai.
The submarine has been named as ‘Vagsheer’
The submarine will now undergo rigorous harbour trials and sea trials, before being commissioned in the Indian Navy.
These submarines are designed by French naval defence and energy company ‘DCNS’ while Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai has manufactured them.
List of other submarines under Scorpene-class submarines
First submarine : INS Kalvari- commissioned on 14 December 2017.
S8. Ans. (A) US
Sol. Ukraine has received additional aircraft and spare parts from the United States to increase its fleet size amid the conflict with Russia.
This was announced by US Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby on April 19, 2022.
Ukraine has received additional platforms and parts to be able to increase their aircraft fleet size.
They have received additional aircraft and aircraft parts to help them get more aircraft in the air.
S9. Ans. (C) Gandhinagar
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the three-day Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) in Gandhinagar on April 20, 2022.
WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Union AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal were present at the ceremony.
The key aim of the summit is to attract lucrative investments to build India as the Global Ayush Destination in the world.
India has seen a huge surge in investments due to absence of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) restrictions.
S10. Ans. (A) China
Sol. China has signed a wide-ranging security pact with the Solomon Islands that seeks to enhance social stability and long-term tranquility in the Islands.
The agreement has been signed between the two parties despite the US warning as the Western Governments fear that it could give Beijing a military foothold in the South Pacific.
The agreement between China and Solomon Islands aims at enhancing social stability and long-term tranquility in the Islands.
The Solomon Islands are an archipelago of hundreds of small islands in the Southern part of the Pacific Ocean. The island is located approximately 2,000 km NE of Australia.
S11. Ans. (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Sol. The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati raj, Jammu and Kashmir, under the e-governance initiative has launched an app ‘Jan Nigrani’, intended to help people lodge their complaints related to various schemes online.
The Jan Nigrani app is a 24×7 internet-based platform aimed at reporting and resolving the grievances of the residents of J&K, against various government schemes launched by the department.
The app would act as a single link between the residents and the officials by mapping concerned authorities related to the complaint for faster grievance redressal.
S12. Ans. (B) Finland
Sol. On April 18, India and Finland announced their decision to set up an Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology, and Mika Lintila, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland.
Bilateral collaboration between the two countries aims to promote creative research and development initiatives that address a specific need or challenge.
Jitendra Singh stated that the Indian side has picked three institutes for a Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing: IIT Madras, IISER Pune, and C-DAC Pune.
India and Finland are Antarctic Treaty consultative members with active stations in the Antarctic.
S13. Ans. (A) Cyrus S Poonawalla
Sol. Chairman and Managing Director of Serum Institute of India (SII), Dr Cyrus S. Poonawalla has topped the Hurun Global Healthcare Rich List 2022 and became the Richest Billionaire in the healthcare sector 2022.
He has topped the list with a new value of USD 26 billion (up 41%). Cyrus Poonawalla is followed by Thomas Frist Jr & Family of HCA Healthcare, Li Xiting and Xu Hang of Mindray at the 2nd position with a net value of USD 19 billion.
Dilip Shanghvi & Family, of the Sun Pharmaceuticals, is at the 5th position with a net worth of USD 18 billion.
China (34) has the most healthcare industry billionaires, followed by the United States of America (16), Switzerland (15), Germany (11), and India (9).
S14. Ans. (B) Satya Easwaran
Sol. IT major Wipro has announced the appointment of Satya Easwaran as the Country Head for India.
He will be in charge of strengthening Wipro’s business in India across segments through strategic consulting, transformation and modernisation engagements.
He will help clients leverage Wipro’s capabilities and investments in cloud, digital, engineering R&D, data/analytics and cybersecurity.
Prior to joining Wipro, Easwaran was the head of business consulting and telecom, Media & technology sector leader at KPMG India.
S15. Ans.(D) Jasleen Kohli
Sol. Digit Insurance has appointed Jasleen Kohli as the company’s new managing director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from April 20, 2022.
She succeeds Vijay Kumar who retired from the company on April 19, 2022. She served as chief distribution officer (CDO) at Digit, where she was responsible for all of the company’s sales and distribution channels.
In 2021, Digit increased its worth to USD 3.5 billion in less than six months after raising USD 200 million in a funding round.
S16. Ans. (B) Mandeep Singh
Sol. Mandeep Singh, from Chandigarh, was declared the overall winner in the Bodybuilding North India and Tricity competition category at the 2nd edition of “NPC North India and Mr Tricity” bodybuilding and physique championship held at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5 Panchkula (Haryana) on 17th April 2022.
The mega event was organised by the National Physique Committee (NPC) North India – the renowned bodybuilding organisation in India under the banner of NPC Worldwide USA.
The championship was held in different weight class categories – 60 kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg and 90kg and above in Bodybuilding North India and Tricity categories.
S17. Ans. (C) Telangana
Ans. The Telangana government on April 19, launched its first apace-tech Framework, with a vision to establish the state as a “globally recognised one-stop destination for space technology”.
The framework aims to encourage private participation in the space industry in line with the recent reforms by the Union government.
The event was hosted on metaverse, making it the first such official event in India.
S18. Ans. (B) Leh
Sol. Leh has taken the first step in building an IT sector.
SS Khandare, the Additional Director General of Police for Ladakh, has opened Ethosh Digital’s first IT Training and Services centre in Leh.
Ethosh Digital is a multinational company established in California that specialises in digital communications and AR-VR products.
Ethosh Digital was assisted in establishing the first IT office in Ladakh by Aseem Foundation, a Pune-based NGO that works in India’s border regions in the sectors of education, business, health, sports, and sustainable development.
S19. Ans. (C) Wipro
Sol. IT major Wipro has announced the appointment of Satya Easwaran as the Country Head for India.
He will be in charge of strengthening Wipro’s business in India across segments through strategic consulting, transformation and modernisation engagements.
He will help clients leverage Wipro’s capabilities and investments in cloud, digital, engineering R&D, data/analytics and cybersecurity.
India is a strategic market for Wipro.
S20. Ans. (B) New Delhi
Sol. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on 18th April 2022, has inaugurated the National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise along with National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt Gen (Retd) Rajesh Pant and DRDO Secretary Satheesh Reddy on New Delhi.
National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise will be conducted as a hybrid exercise over a period of 10 days.
The aim of the exercise is to train senior management and technical personnel of governmental organizations and agencies on cyber threats.
S21. Ans. (A) 121 Finance
Sol. 121 Finance has become India’s 1st NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Company) Factor. It is a Jaipur-based NBFC. Before this amendment, only big corporations could become factors.
Factoring is the business of buying the receivables from a firm and servicing it at a discount to earn a profit. Here the buyer is not under an immediate obligation to pay the amount. His Bill is rather purchased by a Factor, who would service the bill at a discount to the seller company.
This helps in the recovery of the nonpayment of dues. This is based on Risk Management and involves negotiations to reach an amicable solution. Also, there is no need for any collateral in factoring.
S22. Ans. (D) 30%
Sol. Honorable Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has registered India’s stand on cryptocurrency at the International Monetary Fund.
The Government of India has levied a tax of 30% upon cryptocurrency under the head digital transaction tax, in the budget 2022.
Registering India’s stand, the FM sought a Global Crypto Regulation Framework. The nature of this framework is yet to be finalized.
S23. Ans. (A) SBI
Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has raised 3-year funds of $500 million (over Rs 3,800 crore) through a syndicated loan facility at “very fine pricing” through its IFSC Gift City branch.
This is the first offshore USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked syndicated loan raised by SBI through its Gift City branch.
The facility is for USD 400 million plus USD 100 million as a green shoe option. MUFG, Bank of America and JP Morgan were the Joint lenders for this offering whereas Fist Abu Dhabi Bank acted as the facility agent.
S24. Ans. (B) Kerala
Sol. Kerala’s Health Minister Veena George has denied the Centre’s allegations over daily Covid data, calling them “unfortunate” and “absolutely wrong“.
Centre wrote to Kerala government asking it to provide Covid data daily and said that the southern state reporting this data after a gap of 5 days had impacted and skewed main Covid indicators like the number of cases and positivity rate.
The Centre had said that daily cases saw a jump of 90% because of the Kerala government’s delay in sending data.
S25. Ans. (C) Naresh Kumar
Sol. Senior IAS officer Naresh Kumar has been appointed as the chief secretary of Delhi.
Naresh Kumar, a 1987-batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.
He was holding the post of chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh before the transfer.
He had earlier held the posts of chairman of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and managing director of the Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC) in his previous stint in Delhi.
S26. Ans. (A) 22nd April
Sol. Earth Day or International Mother Earth Day is observed globally on 22 April every year.
The Day will be celebrated all over the world to spread awareness for Earth’s wellbeing and to encourage people to support environmental protection.
World Earth Day 2022 will mark the 52nd Anniversary of the day since it started being observed in 1970.
Earth Day was renamed officially by the UN in 2009 as International Mother Earth Day.
The theme of 2022 International Mother Earth Day is “Invest In our Planet“.
S27. Ans. (B) April 21st
Sol. Guru Tegh Bahadur Jayanti 2022 or Prakash Parv 2022 is being celebrated on April 21 all over the country to mark the birth of the Ninth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and this year mark the 400th year of his birth.
Guru Tegh Bahadur was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind and is remembered as the warrior guru who fought for religious freedom.
Prime Minister Modi participated in the celebrations of the 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red Fort.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 20 inaugurated the two-day event and also paid his tributes to Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur.
S28. Ans. (B) Rajasthan
Sol. Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to have a L-route server, which will ensure uninterrupted internet at high speed.
Rajasthan will have its own domain name too.
Currently, there are three J-route servers in the country at Delhi, Mumbai and Gorakhpur and two L-route servers in Mumbai and Kolkata, but Rajasthan is the first state in the country to set up L-route servers at the state level, a senior official of the IT department said.
S29. Ans. (B) Rohit Sharma
Sol. Captain of the Indian Cricket Team Rohit Sharma and bowler Jasprit Bumrah have acquired a place among the five players in Wisden’s ‘Cricketers of the Year’ in the 2022 edition of the Almanack.
The two were named along with New Zealand opener Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and South Africa Women captain Dane van Niekerk.
England skipper Joe Root was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2022 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
Root had a stellar year in 2021, scoring six centuries and piling on runs for fun even as his team struggled around him.
S30. Ans. (A) Patrick Achi
Sol. Patrick Achi has been re-appointed as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast by President Alassane Ouattara.
He was appointed prime minister in March 2021.He was the third prime minister in the West African state (Ivory Coast) in the last three years after Amadou Gon Coulibaly (who died in 2020) and Hamed Bakayoko (who died in 2021).
S31. Ans. (D) LV Vaidyanathan
Sol. rocter & Gamble India appointed LV Vaidyanathan, who leads the company’s business in Indonesia, as the new chief executive officer.
He takes over from Madhusudan Gopalan who will move into a new role at the parent company. Vaidyanathan takes over as the CEO from July 1, 2022.
Vaidyanathan completed his Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical) from the National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and has an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.
S32. Ans.(A) Manoj Kumar Katiyar
Sol. Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar has been appointed as the next Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO).
He would take charge of the new office on May 1st. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lieutenant General Katiyar was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the Rajput Regiment in June 1986.
Lieutenant General Katiyar is presently the General Officer Commanding of 1 Corps, a strike formation responsible for offensive operations against both Pakistan and China
S33. Ans. (A) India Post Payments Bank
Sol. The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has launched an initiative called Fincluvation, as a part of the occasion of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotasav to celebrate 75th anniversary of Indian Independence.
Fincluvation is a joint initiative to collaborate with Fintech Startup community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion.
Fincluvation will be a permanent platform of IPPB to co-create inclusive financial solutions with participating start-ups.
Creditization – Develop Innovative & Inclusive credit products aligned with the use cases of target customers and take them to their doorsteps through Postal network.
S34. Ans. (C) Russia
Sol. Russia successfully tested Sarmat, a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that can reportedly strike any target in the world.
Russian President Vladimir warned that the weapon, which is capable of carrying nuclear charges will make Russia’s enemies “think twice.”
Russia’s Defence Ministry called Sarmat as the most powerful missile with the longest range of destruction of targets in the world, which will significantly increase the combat power of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces.
The long-range missile has been in development since the 2000s.
S35. Ans.(C) Telangana
Sol. Biliti Electric Inc (Biliti), based in California, United States of America, has announced its intention to establish the World’s largest electric three-wheeler manufacturing facility in Telangana.
The plant will be built in 2 phases over an area of 200 acres. Phase I of 5 acres with a capacity to produce 18000 Electric Vehicles(EV) per year will become operational in 2023 and the larger facility of 200 acres with a production capacity of 240000 EV per year will become operational in 2024.
The facility will produce all the products of Biliti including the cargo model TaskmanTM and the passenger version UrbanTM.
S36. Ans. (C) Delhi
Sol. The AAP government on 19th April 2022, launched Delhi’s Education Song “Irada Kar Liya Hai Humne“, with Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia saying it reflects the vision of “our education revolution“.
The song was released by Sisodia at the Thyagraj Stadium and the event was attended by hundreds of students and teachers from Delhi government schools.
The song’s lyrics have been written by Alok Srivastava and it has been sung by famous singers, Shan and Sneha Shankar. The music has been given by Dushyant.
S37. Ans. (A) Satpuda
Sol. Oranges grown in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district will now have a distinct identity of their own from the ones produced in Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra, and will be called Satpuda orange under the “one district one produce” scheme of the government, an official said on 19th April 2022.
The authorities have also created a QR code for the fruit, which will reveal all the information about the variety, the moment someone scans the code, he said.
Under the one-district-one-produce scheme, oranges grown in Chhindwara will be known as “Satpuda orange”
S38. Ans. (B) 328 million tonnes
Sol. The ‘National Conference on Agriculture: Kharif Campaign 2022’ was inaugurated by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
During the event, the government announced a food-grain production target of 328 million tonnes for 2022-23.
Kharif food-grain production target has been fixed at 15 million tonnes, while Rabi food-grain production target has been kept at 164.85 million tonnes.
Total food grain production has increased by 25% in the last 6 years from 251.54 to 316.01 million tonnes.
S39. Ans. (B) Skill India
Sol. Skill India, in association with the Directorate General of Training (DGT), is organising a day-long ‘Apprenticeship Mela’ across the country in more than over 700 locations.
The initiative aims to support hiring of more than one lakh apprentices.
It will assist employers in hiring the right talent and develop it further with training and providing practical skill-sets.
Over 4000 organisations from more than 30 industries, including power, retail, telecommunications, IT/ITeS, electronics, automotive, and others, participated in the event.
S40. Ans. (B) West Indies
Sol. West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard announced retirement from international cricket on April 20, 2022.
The 34-year-old brought curtains down on his 15-year international career to make room for those who will carry the game forward in West Indian colors.
Kieron Pollard had become the first player to represent West Indies in over 100 T20I matches and 123 ODI matches.
He was a key member of the West Indies squad that had recorded a victory in the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in 2012.
S41. Ans. (C) 24th April
Sol. National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year on 24 April in India.
The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into force with effect from 24th April, 1993 has vested constitutional status on Panchayati Raj institutions.
The National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) is being celebrated on 24 April since 2010.
Rajasthan was the first state that carried the Panchayati Raj System in 1959 during the times of late Prime Minister Jawarharlal Nehru.
S42. Ans.(A) 25th April
Sol. The World Malaria Day (WMD) is observed globally on 25 April each year to recognize the efforts of the people worldwide to control malaria.
The Day was established in May 2007 at the 60th session of the World Health Assembly, WHO’s the decision-making body.
The theme of World Malaria Day 2022 is “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.“
S43. Ans.(C) 24th April
Sol. The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace has observed globally on 24 April.
‘International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace’ was first observed by the United Nations (UN) on April 24, 2019.
The day aims to spread knowledge about the advantages of multilateralism and diplomacy for peace, including through educational and public awareness-raising activities.
S44. Ans.(D) 24th April
Sol. The World Day For Animals In Laboratories (WDAIL); also known as World Lab Animal Day or World Day for Laboratory Animals, is observed every year on 24 April.
The day was instituted in 1979 by the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), as an “international day of commemoration” for animals in laboratories.
WDAIL aims to end the suffering of animals in laboratories around the world and promote their replacement with advanced scientific non-animal techniques.
Apart from this, the “World Week for Animals In Laboratories” (Lab Animal Week) is celebrated from April 20 to 26.
S45. Ans.(B) 25th April
Sol. International Delegate’s Day observed globally on 25 April every year.
This day is observed to raise awareness of the role of the representatives and delegates of the Member States to the United Nations.
International Delegate’s Day marks the anniversary of the first day of the San Francisco Conference which is also known as the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
On 25 April 1945, delegates from 50 countries came together for the first time in San Francisco. The conference happened after the devastation of the second world war.
S46. Ans. (D) Guadalajara
Sol. Guadalajara, Mexico was named World Book Capital for the year 2022 by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on the recommendation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee.
The city, already a UNESCO Creative City since 2017, was selected for its comprehensive plan for policies around the book to trigger social change, combat violence and build a culture of peace.
As a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Guadalajara has supported its local talents and advancing creative industries through initiatives that places media arts at the core of their programmes including in its world-famous International Book Fair.
S47. Ans. (D) Rajiv Kumar
Sol. Noted economist Suman Bery has been appointed as NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman with effect from May 1, 2022.
He was appointed after Rajiv Kumar stepped down from the post. The Government accepted his resignation.
Kumar, an eminent economist, took over as vice chairman of NITI Aayog in August 2017 after the then VC Arvind Panagariya exited the govt think-tank.
S48. Ans. (B) David Attenborough
Sol. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named Sir David Attenborough, English natural history broadcaster and naturalist, as the recipient of the Champions of the Earth Award 2021 under the Lifetime Achievement category, for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration.
Sir David Attenborough is well known for his innovative educational television programs, especially the nine-part Life series forming the Life collection. His well-known documentaries include The Green Planet and A Plastic Ocean.
He was knighted twice by Queen Elizabeth II in 1985 and again in 2020. He has won 3 Emmy Awards and 8 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards.
S49. Ans. (D) Ukraine
Sol. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, for the first time ever, awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2022 to five individuals — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, United States (US) Representative Liz Cheney, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona Representative Russell “Rusty” Bowers, and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss — each for their courage to protect and defend democracy.
The award will be presented by Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg on May 22, 2022 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, USA.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President is named for his valour to protect Ukrainian people during Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
S50. Ans. (A) Karnataka
Sol. Health and Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, Sudhakar has launched the ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’ (SAANS).
SAANS is a campaign that has been launched to ensure early detection and greater awareness of pneumonia in children under the age of five.
Pneumonia is a lung infection that is caused due to viral, bacterial, or fungal infection. As per SRS 2018, Karnataka’s under-five mortality is at 28 per 1000 live births.
S51. Ans.(c) NITI Aayog
Sol. NITI Aayog has released a draft battery swapping policy under which all metropolitan cities with a population above 40 lakh will be prioritized for the development of battery swapping network under the first phase.
All major cities such as state capitals, UT headquarters, and cities with populations above 5 lakh will be covered under the second phase.
Importance has been given to the two-wheeler and three-wheeler vehicle segments in growing cities.
S52. Ans. (D) Argentina
Sol. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU with the Public Broadcaster of Argentina Radio Television Argentina (RTA) for collaboration in the field of broadcasting.
The MoU encompasses a range of fronts in Media and Broadcasting that is set to exemplify the communication and transmission networking of both nations.
India and Argentina share cordial relations and developmental partnerships in the areas of political, economic, scientific and technological cooperation.
S53. Ans. (c) Vishakha Mulye
Sol. Vishakha Mulye has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of Aditya Birla Capital.
Mulye is currently the executive director in charge of corporate banking, proprietary trading, markets and transaction banking.
Mulye replaces Ajay Srinivasan who will now take up another role within the Aditya Birla Group. In her prior roles, she was the head of ICICI Lombard and ICICI Ventures.
S54. Ans. (B) AP Abdullahkutty
Sol. AP Abdullahkutty has been elected as the chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, while for the first time, two women have been chosen as its vice chairpersons- Munnawari Begum and Mafuja Khatun.
The Government of India has appointed C Muhammed Faizi as a member of the Haj Committee of India (HCoI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, under sub-section (11), of Section 4 of Haj Committee Act 2022, for a period of 3 years up to 31st March 2025 with effect from 21st April 2022.
S55. Ans. (B) Avinash Khemka
Sol. Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has released 2 books, a coffee table book titled “The Magic of Mangalajodi” by Avinash Khemka; and a compilation of the Sikh history of eastern India titled “Sikh History of Eastern India” by Abinash Mohapatra.
The coffee table book “The Magic of Mangalajodi” provides a bird’s eye view of Mangalajodi in Chilika lake through various images and descriptions.
Sikh History of Eastern India is a result of the meticulous research work on Sikh history and philosophy by Abinash Mohapatra.
S56. Ans. (B) Surat
Sol. The 3-day “Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization” conference has been organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with Surat Smart City Corporation Development Ltd.
Municipal Commissioners of Cities, MDs/CEOs of 100 Smart Cities, State Level Nodal Agencies/ Mission Directorates, professionals, and industry representatives have participated in this conference.
During the conference, winners of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest (ISAC) 2020 were also felicitated.
Surat and Indore got the Best city award, while Uttar Pradesh was awarded the Best State award.
S57. Ans. (C) Manipur
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21st April 2022, conferred the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2021 for Best Performance in the implementation of Promoting excellence in sports and wellness through Khelo India Scheme to Bishnupur District of Manipur.
The award was received by Bishnupur Deputy Commissioner Lourembam Bikram.
The award was conferred in an event organised on the occasion of 15th Civil Services Day function in New Delhi.
Khelo India Scheme is a national programme for development of sports which aims to infuse sports culture and achieve sporting excellence in the country.
S58. Ans. (C) NITI Aayog
Sol. The latest report on the State of India’s Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development will be jointly developed and launched by NITI Aayog and UNICEF India.
This was determined, when the two organisations signed a Statement of Intent (SoI), reiterating their joint commitment to achieving children’s rights in India.
The report will create frameworks for understanding health and nutrition, education, water and sanitation, household living standards, and a child-friendly environment across states.
S59. Ans. (D) Vijay Kumar Dev
Sol. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal swore in retired IAS officer Vijay Kumar Dev as the next Election Commissioner of the State Election Commission of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Shri Dev will hold serve for a period of six years from the date of assumption of charge or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
After the retirement of S K Srivastava, Dev has been appointed to the post
S60. Ans. (A) Estonia
Sol. NATO’s large, multiday cyber defense exercise brought together technical experts from alliance countries and Ukraine nearly two months after Russia’s invasion.
The annual cyber wargames, known as the Locked Shields exercise, started in Tallinn, Estonia.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence organizes the event, which includes fictional cyberattack exercises that test teams have to fend off under time pressure.
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